THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE BOND BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS. BUT FOR A WAR VETERAN FROM OMAHA..HURT FOUR YEARS AGO IN IRAQ.. THE CONNECTION GOES EVEN DEEPER. 24-YEAR-OLD DAVID LANDON.... STILL CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE ATTACK... THAT TOOK AWAY HIS INDEPENDENCE. DURING A MISSION IN 2009.. HIS VEHICLE HIT AN I-E-D. DAVID WAS THE ONLY SURVIVOR.( JANE LANDON / DAVID'S MOTHER: Shortly thereafter, David had what we consider partial seizures where he started seeing things.) THAT'S WHERE CELIA COMES IN...A FOUR-YEAR OLD JACK RUSSELL TERRIER. A CERTIFIED SEIZURE ALERT DOG.( JANE LANDON / DAVID'S MOTHER: She is aware of his seizures 20-30 minutes prior to onset. ) JANE ADOPTED A CELIA FROM THE NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY.. AS A COMPANION FOR DAVID... AND TO HELP KEEP HIM CALM.... AFTER HE WAS DISCHARGED. BUT CELIA TURNED OUT TO BE MUCH MORE THAN JUST A PET.( DAVID LANDON: I don't know what I'd ever do without her. She's everything to me. ) CELIA IS WITH DAVID 24/7. IF DAVID HAS A SEIZURE .. OR IS ABOUT TO HAVE ONE.. CELIA STARTS BARKING. SHE'LL EVEN FIND DAVID'S PARENTS.. ALERTING THEM SOMETHING IS WRONG. GIVING DAVID MORE FREEDOM TO BE ON HIS OWN.( DAVID LANDON: I'm not afraid that if I go somewhere I'm going to stop breathing..and not survive. Just randomly literally going somewhere and not come back. ) CELIA HAS HAD NO FORMAL TRAINING TO BE A SEIZURE ALERT DOG. BUT RUSS DILLON WITH DILLON'S DOG TRAINING WORKED WITH HER TO FINE TUNE HER SKILLS. HE SAYS SOME DOGS JUST HAVE A NATURAL ABILITY TO DETECT SEIZURES..EVEN BEFORE THEY HAPPEN.( RUSS DILLON / DILLONS DOG TRAINING: They're still trying to do studies to figure out what the dogs are picking up on before people have seizures. They don't know yet. ) FOR DAVID -- CELIA'S EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDS. SECURITY KNOWING THAT IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG.. SHE'LL BE RIGHT BY HIS SIDE.( REPORTER: What do you see when you look at Celia? DAVID LANDON: My best friend. ) IN OMAHA ALEX HOFFMAN KETV NW7. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SEIZURE ALERT DOGS.. CONTACT RUSS DILLON WITH DILLON'S DOG TRAINING.. AT 402-517-8892